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D-Index
75
Citations
18664
World Ranking
545
National Ranking
41

Shaozhong Kang publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shaozhong Kang sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 235 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Shaozhong Kang D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shaozhong Kang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Irrigation

His main research concerns Agronomy, Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Water-use efficiency and Hydrology. His Agronomy study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Transpiration. Shaozhong Kang has included themes like Greenhouse, Lysimeter and Yield in his Irrigation study.

Shaozhong Kang usually deals with Evapotranspiration and limits it to topics linked to Mulch and Linear regression. His work deals with themes such as Water use, Soil water, Stomatal conductance, Surface irrigation and Water content, which intersect with Water-use efficiency. His Hydrology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Arid, Eddy covariance and Spatial variability.

His most cited work include:

  • Effects of limited irrigation on yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the Loess Plateau of China (333 citations)
  • Effects of limited irrigation on yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the Loess Plateau of China (333 citations)
  • Controlled alternate partial root-zone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency (330 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Shaozhong Kang mainly investigates Evapotranspiration, Irrigation, Agronomy, Hydrology and Water content. His work carried out in the field of Evapotranspiration brings together such families of science as Arid, Canopy, Eddy covariance and Transpiration. Much of his study explores Irrigation relationship to Horticulture.

His research brings together the fields of Stomatal conductance and Agronomy. Shaozhong Kang works mostly in the field of Hydrology, limiting it down to topics relating to Vineyard and, in certain cases, Bowen ratio, as a part of the same area of interest. His Water content study incorporates themes from Water balance, Soil water and Infiltration.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Evapotranspiration (56.33%)
  • Irrigation (51.53%)
  • Agronomy (48.47%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Irrigation (51.53%)
  • Agronomy (48.47%)
  • Evapotranspiration (56.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Shaozhong Kang focuses on Irrigation, Agronomy, Evapotranspiration, Arid and Soil water. His Irrigation study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Fertilizer, Stomatal conductance, Water content, Abiotic component and Soil salinity. Agronomy is often connected to Transpiration in his work.

In his work, Hydrology is strongly intertwined with Canopy, which is a subfield of Transpiration. Shaozhong Kang studies Evapotranspiration, namely Crop coefficient. His studies deal with areas such as Agriculture, Agricultural productivity, Crop yield, Biomass and Stage as well as Arid.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Interactive Regimes of Reduced Irrigation and Salt Stress Depressed Tomato Water Use Efficiency at Leaf and Plant Scales by Affecting Leaf Physiology and Stem Sap Flow. (12 citations)
  • Responses of water accumulation and solute metabolism in tomato fruit to water scarcity and implications for main fruit quality variables (11 citations)
  • Annual ecosystem respiration of maize was primarily driven by crop growth and soil water conditions (9 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Botany

Shaozhong Kang mostly deals with Irrigation, Evapotranspiration, Agronomy, Arid and Eddy covariance. His research in Irrigation is mostly focused on Water-use efficiency. His Evapotranspiration research includes elements of Linear model, Stability, Mean squared error, Statistics and Akaike information criterion.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Water scarcity and Xylem in addition to Agronomy. His Eddy covariance research incorporates elements of Soil water and Leaf area index. His research in Transpiration intersects with topics in Canopy, Greenhouse and Water content.

Best Publications

  • Controlled alternate partial root-zone irrigation: its physiological consequences and impact on water use efficiency

    Shaozhong Kang;Jianhua Zhang

  • Effects of limited irrigation on yield and water use efficiency of winter wheat in the Loess Plateau of China

    Shaozhong Kang;Shaozhong Kang;Lu Zhang;Yinli Liang;Xiaotao Hu

  • Improving agricultural water productivity to ensure food security in China under changing environment: From research to practice

    Shaozhong Kang;Xinmei Hao;Taisheng Du;Ling Tong

  • An improved water-use efficiency for maize grown under regulated deficit irrigation.

    Shaozhong Kang;Wenjuan Shi;Jianhua Zhang

  • Crop coefficient and ratio of transpiration to evapotranspiration of winter wheat and maize in a semi-humid region

    Shaozhong Kang;Shaozhong Kang;Binjie Gu;Taisheng Du;Jianhua Zhang

  • Deficit irrigation and sustainable water-resource strategies in agriculture for China’s food security

    Taisheng Du;Shaozhong Kang;Jianhua Zhang;William J. Davies

  • Alternate furrow irrigation for maize production in an arid area

    Shaozhong Kang;Zongsuo Liang;Yinhua Pan;Peize Shi

  • Comparison of interpolation methods for depth to groundwater and its temporal and spatial variations in the Minqin oasis of northwest China

    Yue Sun;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Lu Zhang

  • Effect of climate change on reference evapotranspiration and aridity index in arid region of China

    Zailin Huo;Xiaoqin Dai;Shaoyuan Feng;Shaozhong Kang

  • Comparison of three evapotranspiration models to Bowen ratio-energy balance method for a vineyard in an arid desert region of northwest China

    Baozhong Zhang;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Lu Zhang

  • Quantitative response of greenhouse tomato yield and quality to water deficit at different growth stages

    Jinliang Chen;Shaozhong Kang;Taisheng Du;Rangjian Qiu

  • An improved water use efficiency of cereals under temporal and spatial deficit irrigation in north China

    Taisheng Du;Shaozhong Kang;Jingsheng Sun;Xiying Zhang

  • Modelling hydrological response to different land‐use and climate change scenarios in the Zamu River basin of northwest China

    Sufen Wang;Shaozhong Kang;Lu Zhang;Fusheng Li

  • Water use efficiency of controlled alternate irrigation on root-divided maize plants

    Shaozhong Kang;Zongsuo Liang;Wei Hu;Jianhua Zhang

  • Duration of plastic mulch for potato growth under drip irrigation in an arid region of Northwest China

    Xiao-Yan Hou;Feng-Xin Wang;Jiang-Jiang Han;Shao-Zhong Kang

  • Determination of comprehensive quality index for tomato and its response to different irrigation treatments

    Feng Wang;Shaozhong Kang;Taisheng Du;Fusheng Li

  • Soil water distribution, water use, and yield response to partial root zone drying under a shallow groundwater table condition in a pear orchard

    Shaozhong Kang;Xiaotao Hu;Ian Goodwin;Peter Jerie

  • Evapotranspiration and crop coefficient of spring maize with plastic mulch using eddy covariance in northwest China

    Sien Li;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Lu Zhang

  • An improved water use efficiency for hot pepper grown under controlled alternate drip irrigation on partial roots

    Shaozhong Kang;Lu Zhang;Xiaotao Hu;Zhijun Li

  • Water use efficiency and fruit quality of table grape under alternate partial root-zone drip irrigation

    Taisheng Du;Shaozhong Kang;Jianhua Zhang;Fusheng Li

  • Regulated deficit irrigation improved fruit quality and water use efficiency of pear-jujube trees

    Ningbo Cui;Taisheng Du;Shaozhong Kang;Fusheng Li;Fusheng Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Taisheng Du
Taisheng Du China Agricultural University
Fusheng Li
Fusheng Li Guangxi University
Sien Li
Sien Li China Agricultural University
Risheng Ding
Risheng Ding China Agricultural University
Jianhua Zhang
Jianhua Zhang Hong Kong Baptist University
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ping Guo
Ping Guo China Agricultural University
Laosheng Wu
Laosheng Wu University of California, Riverside
Fulai Liu
Fulai Liu University of Copenhagen
William J. Davies
William J. Davies Lancaster University

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